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seedbox is a private dedicated server ( you're the only user on a server ) or a private shared server ( there are more users on a server, including U ) used for uploading and downloading of digital files, in fact, for p2p file transfers. Seedboxes generally make use of the Bittorrent protocol for uploading and downloading. Seedboxes are usually connected to a high speed network, often with a throughput of 100 Mbit/s, 200 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s... this speeds are in most cases simetric which means, for example, that 100 Mbit/s connection applies not only to your download speed but to upload speed as well, which is not the case with your home connection... In the near future, offering a 10 Gbit/s connection will be quite normal...
How it works ? Files from other users, using a Bittorrent protocol, are being downloaded to a
seedbox and then they are being seeded/uploaded to other users @ high speeds... files which are located on your
seedbox you can always transfer ( download ) to your personal computer using HTTP, FTP, SFTP or rsync protocols...
Seedboxes can run on most major operating systems like Windows, Linux or Mac OS X...
Some
seedbox providers offer VNC access to your server or some other remote desktop protocols/options, allowing U to run many popular clients remotely. In many cases, you get VNC access only if U purchase some more expensive seedboxes but some providers give U VNC access even if take the cheapest
seedbox ( check out SeedBox4U for example... I'm not advertising them, to be clear :001_smile: ) Seedboxes were created for special purpose so they are run on a torrent specific software including web interfaces of popular clients like Transmission, rTorrent, UTorrent and TorrentFlux... Currently, I would say that the most popular interface is UTorrent but I think that will be changed soon... Some
seedbox providers make their own modified versions of existing interfaces...